Holy Name Medical Center is a fully accredited, not-for-profit healthcare facility based in

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, Bergen County,

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, with off-site locations throughout Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic counties. In response to the need for better medical care in Bergen County and the fear of another flu epidemic, Dr. Frank McCormack and Dr. George Pitkin working with Mother General Agatha Brown of

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in 1925 to purchase a suitable site for a new hospital. The comprehensive 361-bed medical center offers medical practice and technology. With its growing ''Korean Medical Program'', Holy Name Medical Center has undertaken an effort to provide comprehensive health care services to underinsured and uninsured

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patients from a wide area and also launched a similar ''Chinese Medical Program'' and ''Filipino Medical Program'' in 2015 as components of its larger ''Asian Medical Program'', with an ''Asian

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Center'' planned in 2016. The institution was known as Holy Name Hospital until its name was changed in March 2010. On July 10, 2020, the hospital, once called a 'war zone' in the

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, reported it had no patients with the virus.

Programs and services

Holy Name Medical Center provides health care across a continuum that encompasses education, prevention, early intervention, comprehensive treatment options, rehabilitation and wellness maintenance – from conception through end-of-life. In addition to patient care, the institution educates registered nurses and licensed practical nurses in the Holy Name Medical Center School of Nursing.

References

External links

Official site
Teaneck, New Jersey Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph Hospitals in New Jersey Hospitals in Bergen County, New Jersey Hospitals established in 1925 {{NewJersey-hospital-stub